I would love to see a crisp photo (both sides), at 1024 pixels, of that "nicely elevated" Daystar adapter, trag!
A kindred spirit. That is why I mentioned earlier in this thread that I sold a IIsi adapter for US$35 (after informing the buyer that he would need to cut up his metal chassis), which included international EMS express mail shipping to the buyer in the US. I felt no need to reap tremendous profit off a fellow classic Mac enthusiast.
Nevertheless, both you and I have admitted in this thread that Manabu Sakai has clearly spent a considerable sum on R&D for that TS Adapter; hence his desire to get a decent ROI wherever possible. I therefore will refrain from condemning the man for his $59 price tag on the ROM upgrade. But I will admit, it is "not cheap."
Full version 040.
I would love to borrow someone's IIci ROM to give it a compatibility test. But in the meantime, I await Equill's test results.
It's difficult for me to see it as a "ROM incompatibility" alone because again, the DiiMO has no problems at all, regardless of ROM. Could be the 040, I guess. But it could also be the TS Adapter. Since Equill will be testing without the TS Adapter, he can offer further insight into this matter.
As to borrowing your IIsi adapter, I would first love to see some photos of what you have!
Be that as it may, have a look at my Flickr photo. You will see the VLSI chip (ASIC version) on my card. The B&W photo taken of the Daystar User Manual shows the older, non-ASIC version of the card. I once owned that older version too. Both the ASIC and non-ASIC versions of the card exhibited the 1.4MB floppy incompatibility when used with non-stock ROMs and the TS Adapter. So the problem doesn't appear to be related to the ASIC or absence thereof.
Tyler, I tested that a very long time ago (early 2005? late 2004?). I just don't remember about the result with the IIsi adapter. I can only remember that it works with the Turbo 040 in the SE/30, except for the fact you must cut up your metal chassis to make it fit.
For this reason, I look forward to Equill's test results, as he will be testing with a Daystar IIsi adapter, I believe. If he then puts in a IIfx or IIsi ROM and has no problems with reading/writing 1.4MB floppies, then clearly, it is the TS Adapter that is at fault. But if he too has the same problem, then it is not the TS Adapter but rather a ROM incompatibility which, apparently, is not fixed even in the latest 4.11 ROM. (In which case we need a Daystar engineer to write us an even newer ROM fix. [
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Jeff, forgive me. At times, I can be about as dense a neutron star!
Thank you again for the wonderful capacitor offer. And I would encourage my fellow SE/30 owners on this site to take advantage of your offer. It's a great way to replace all the caps on the logic board, with top quality replacements!
Jeff, since I read that you supplied Gamba with some IIci ROM chips (and code) back in 2003, would you happen to have the means to make a IIci ROM? I am skeptical if it would work, but I love to test!